Jeremy Strong swears he's done talking about that New Yorker article
The Succession star became the center of the Method acting discourse last year after a profile of him went viral
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jeremy Strong relitigates the New Yorker profile about him that went viral last December, following his assertion to Vanity Fair earlier this month that the article “felt like a pretty profound betrayal of trust.” Michael Schulman’s in-depth report on the actor and his on-set eccentricities propelled the Succession star to the center of the Method acting discourse, despite the fact that he doesn’t consider himself to be a Method actor and has never put a dead rat in the mail.
“I kind of want to put this whole thing to rest and just get on with the work,” Strong tells THR. “I don’t want to throw any kindling on a fire. [Schulman’s] perspective was valid. I’m sure he felt that it was a well-balanced and objective forensic examination.”
Strong is specifically asked to weigh in on the anecdote from the New Yorker profile in which he disagrees with co-star Kieran Culkin about the level of humor in Succession; series creator Jesse Armstrong is a veteran of projects like In The Loop and Veep, and he certainly hasn’t lost his touch for profanity-laden, over-the-top insults.
“Sometimes when I read it, I can’t stop laughing,” he says. “Of course it’s a comedy. It’s a comedy, it’s a satire, it’s a tragedy. What I meant more was that I don’t treat it as a comedy in my lane. We’re all co-existing in the piece. I’m never trying to make a joke. I’m not on a sitcom. I’m investing in the reality of those given circumstances and treating it the way I would treat a drama.”